Paul G.
Paul Goodchild is the founder and CEO of Shield Security for WordPress – a best-in-class security plugin for the protection of critical WordPress-based websites and businesses.
Paul focuses on security features that deliver realworld results for client through the prevention of security breaches before they can happen. Prevention is preferrable over busy-security-work that sees you putting out fires and cleaning up your sites after an infection has taken hold.
Paul maintains that while a security plugin for WordPress is absolutely crucial, “security” is a practice and must involve your entire website and WordPress hosting environment, including your own local device security and security hygiene.
Latest blogs from Paul
Are inactive WordPress plugins a security risk? – Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 4
The question of whether inactive WordPress plugins are a security risk is a common one. We answer this question and demonstrate that while inactive WordPress plugins are not typically a problem, there's no good reason to run the risk. [Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 4]
Continue Reading →What is the best PHP version for WordPress – Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 3
What is the best version of PHP to run your WordPress site on? 7.2? How can you go about getting your WordPress site to run the latest version of PHP without breaking your theme and plugins? [Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 3]
Continue Reading →Ask Paulie Anything – Episode 2
In this video we discuss SSL and its affect on Google rankings and backlinks. Does not having SSL on the links' source websites negatively affect your Google SEO rankings? [Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 2]
Continue Reading →Ask Paulie Anything – Episode 1
This is an introductory video to Ask Paulie Anything were we touch on the EU GDPR and also a little bit of background on Paulie himself, where he started, and where he's going with the One Dollar Plugin. [Ask Paulie Anything, Episode 1]
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How to Protect the WordPress Login From Brute Force Attacks
We often get asked, ‘Can Shield protect my site against brute force attacks on my login’? The short answer is: “Yes, and no”
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.6
Shield Security v6.6 for WordPress released 19th March, 2018. This release for Shield Security sees 2 massive additions, as well as some overall improvements and a few bug fixes Password Policies For All WordPress Users Making sure your site is...
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Keyless Activation – Doing Away With License Key Management
Managing WordPress sites is a lot of work, on a good day. With so many moving parts, staying on top of it all can be, frankly, a little overwhelming. To complicate matters, if you purchase WordPress Pro plugins, you’ve got...
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GDPR and the Need for WordPress Password Policies
There’s no escaping the simple fact that “passwords”, as a means of verification, are here to stay. In the majority of cases, they’re the sole means of account verification. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times:...
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Is Your WordPress Password `Pwned`?
Shield Security plugin for WordPress is bringing a user Password Policy module. This will let security administrators set minimum requirements on password length, strength and expiration.
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WP Shield Security – Release 6.5
Shield Security v6.5 for WordPress released 5th March, 2018. This release sees improvements to the new Plugins and Themes Guard released in the previous version, as well as various bug fixes and general plugin improvements.
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